Clothes-pounder.



E. R. CROOKER..

` CLOTHES POUNDBR.

APPMOATIONYHLBD DEO. 9, 1908.

@3&733, Patented Aug. w, 1909.

EDWIN a. oRooKEa, or LAUDnnnjiLn, nrssissirri.

CLOTHES-POWDER.

ndi 930,733.

Specication of Lettere Patent letented Aug. l0, i909.

Application filed December 9, 190B. Serial Isl'e. comme.

.The invention relates to improvementsin. clothes pounders.

The objectof the present invention is to improve the construction ot'clothes pound-l crs, and to equip a clothes pounderwvitha simple,practical and durablesoap receptacle7 which will not obstruct the ioW.of water on the down stroke or decrease the suction of the clothespounder on the up stroke.

Another object of the invention is to ar.

range the fsoap-receptacle so that fabrics I during the operation of theclothes pounder will not become caught on the soa receptaf.

cle and impede the movements 'of t ie clothes pounder. f i

A further object of the invention is to provide means foin preventingthe handle of the clothes pounder from sticking in the handle socket,should the handle become swollen through frequent immersions in theWater.

vWith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction `and novel combination' of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying d 'uu/ing, and pointed out inthe claim hereto appended; it being,` umlerst'oodthat various changes inthe forni, proportion, size and minor details of cons tinction, Withinthe scope of the claim, may be vresorted to Without departing troni thespirit or sacrificing.

any of the advantages of the invention.

In the diawizigz-ll`igiire l is a reverse plan View of a' clothespounder7 constructed in accordance Withth-is'invention. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view on theline 2n?. of Fig." 3 is a similar View on`the line o-o Of Fig.

Like numerals of reference' designate lcorf responding paris in all theliguresv of the drawing.

The clothes pounder comprises in itsv construction an approximatelyconical body l, equipped on its interior with a plurality of airchambers Q., formed by`scnii-conical sheet metal members, secured at theside edges to the inner face of the vconical body and eX! tendingdownward'from the up er portion thereof and terminating short o? thelower edge ot the saine, as clearly iliustrated .in Fig. 3 oi thedrawing.

'lhe clothes pounder is irovide-cl with, s central vertical tube il, thetop or apex oi 'the c'onicftl bodji ing its upper portion L it loneitu 4to provide en. enpansible l 4f, The expansible handle `socket prevent aWooden handle stu' should the handle become swollen tl`l frequentiminersions in vict-e1: Ey the handle socket longitudinally at one side,the handle may be readily placed in re moved from the socket.

The lower interiorlj,T arranged portion of the vertical tube. 3 snpportsafcentreliy arranged conical soap recentacle 6./ connected at the topWith the lower the vertical. tube 5 and lievinc "t, edge or portion 7thread i tt. le threaded illange or portion 8 of a concevoconvex cap 9,covering the bottoni of the. receptacle and presenting a lower confaceto the clothes. The een'. which screws on the. threaded portion of tile'conical soap receptacle, may, he'ivevin'e be detachably `connected withthe saine b y any other snitable means7 as will. be real` A understood.The cap of 'the soap receptacle is provided with a flaring` annularmemberv cr cone tion l0, forming coi'i'tinuation ot the walls of theconical soap receptacle and arranged to enga-gc the clothes to :resistin the wirst ing,- operation. The conical flange-or incinh ber l0 undthe centrally arranged soap rc ceptaole are spaced .troni the conicalbody. and the intervening annuler space between the soap receptacle undthe conical body is not obstructed, as is the case where 'the soapreceptacle is located at one side oi" the center of thel clothespounder.

The conical sozlp receptacie is provided with openings ll,i and itconnected with the exterior of the clothes pounder by incl-ineddianietrically arranged tubes l2, forming braces oand rigidly connes" n"the soup rcrfcptuclc with thc conical body. The conical body alsoprovided ut the outer ends o'f the vent tubes with openings r`i`lie venttubes l2 'forni passage, 1 air and Water, and permit the water to passthrough the soup rc nat-lc, whereby the clothes are thorough y soupedwhen noted on by the clothes pounder.

The clothes pounder operates in the usual igt manner, creating a suconon the up Stroke sind forming au' and Water lhrough the clothes on `thedown stroke.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lwhat I claim LS new and" desiie to Secure iiod by the lower end of thevoitoul tnbo :i cap covering the bol'tom lof the Soap rovoptacle andprovided will; `awcoinoal flange o1' member forming :L continuation ofih@ Walls of the receplaolo and extending downward and onl'wzu'd beyond'rho' same, und (lilgnnoliiiczilly fuizingod inclined tubosoxlondingyoin the soap recept/nolo lo the conculxfljooyi andcolnnninioziling with tho oxtrioif of tho lni'lior'zind with (heiuleiioi of the 'nopfundo.

In testimony, lhnl l ffhxiin lho foi'ogoing my own. l havo. hoioio:illixod iny signui'in'o in ll1 };n'oSoiico oli lwo witnesses. l

E. R. @HOOKER R. A* ANTHONY, Fimo Bmx-mix

